Word: whose
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...true spirit of the reform. Many strange inconsistencies were noticed at first. For instance, a small boy who saluted an elderly gentleman with much politeness saw nothing inappropriate, when beyond the reach of the gentleman's cane, in addressing him in terms more familiar than complimentary; a youth whose manners were very winning, and who had even attained some degree of perfection in tying a cravat, was in the constant habit of securing tin cans to the tails of unoffending dogs. The projectors of the reform were at first much troubled by this preference shown to the letter rather than...
Before he had reached Athens, the sub-Freshman was met by students who urged or compelled him to join the classes of that professor whose partisans they were, - a proceeding which reminds one of the way which the Yale students take to recruit their Freshman societies. The factions often came to blows over the merits of rival instructors, but the most serious rows were between town and gown, - for the students of "the fair metropolis of the world of mind" then strove with as much eagerness as the students of the metropolis of America now strive to make their occupation...
...intense interest been centred on these contests as in this. Therefore would we remind our representative athletes of this generally adopted rule, and would earnestly request them, in their great matches, to avoid everything which can interfere with their duty, even indirectly, and to leave the betting to those whose increased anxiety is sure not to affect the results...
...crew received last Monday a paper boat from Waters and Sons. The dimensions are: length, 58 feet; width, 25 inches; weight, 240 pounds. This boat was obtained through the generous gift of a graduate, whose name is withheld. The interest in boating manifested by some of our graduates seemed to take the form of an eager desire to give the goddess of Harvard rowing, when she was down, a sound drubbing, and then take away what little means she had of raising herself. This unknown gentleman has extended to her a strong helping hand, left her to use the props...
...Society whose colors have been borrowed by the Weld Boat-Club feels highly flattered, but suggests that all the combinations of colors have not yet been exhausted...